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Infected Astrix, on 28 June 2011 - 04:47 PM, said:

From what I can tell, your PC should be more than sufficient to play FFXIV. My old one was worse than that, and I could play FFXIV on medium settings without any issues.

As for your questions regarding gameplay:
- you can write your own macros like in FFXI, though not all commands like /assist are available at the moment
- the chatlog size is adjustable, though it's a static chat window much like in other MMORPGs like RO, Daoc, Lineage 2 etc. and it looks rather plain, unlike the cool chat from FFXI
- there are missions with storyline and cutscenes, though they're all pretty much solo only, and you have to attain certain Ranks (levels) to progress
- there are no battlefields like Dynamis, but 1.18 will add 2 so-called "raid dungeons" for a 4-man, rank 25 party or a 8-man rank 50 party, they've also promised an Ifrit battle and some other thngs to come at some point

Patch 1.18 is supposedly going to add/improve a lot of things, and it's coming in 1-2 weeks (hopefully). I suggest waiting for the Patch and the playerbase's reaction before starting on FFXIV. Right now, the game just isn't really fun, to be honest.

I think you shouldn't expect too much of these forums, as they aren't as active anymore as they were in the past.

Anyhow, regarding your battle system: the basic idea is pretty interesting, though it kind of feels too much like Grandia's battle system (aside from the Burst Raves) turned into numerical values rather than using the action bar. Maybe adding some sort of new highly strategic twist would make it more unique? Maybe splitting the Delay modes into 2 different kinds, and depending on what mode the enemy uses, you'd have to change yours and adjust your battle plan.
The modes could possibly be your Delay/Cooldown mode on the one hand, and maybe a quick, constant stream of very weak attacks with little to no delay or cooldown, sacrificing power for speed - say to interrupt spellcasters and such, a disruptive rather than destructive playstyle. Your Delay/Cooldown would allow for "standard" attacks, i.e. the full range of actions such as large spells, Burst Raves, summonings etc.

Edit: In this sense, if the enemy team has say, 2 disruptive fighters and 3 regular attackers, the player would have to alter his mode to first accomodate for the disrupters to kill them asap so that your spellcasters or heavy attackers can fight to their full potential instead of being harassed. Would add a more "realistic" and strategic aspect to battles, in my opinion.

The ability system seems like the usual system - pay a price to unlock new abilities. I personally like that type of skill system, so I don't mind, though making these "pearls" enemy drops - possibly even rare drops - could annoy some players who wouldn't want to grind for hours just to be able to unlock a necessary or simply all abilities. I'd instead recommend tying those pearls to complex and difficult, but rewarding sidequests or maybe some minigames. It'd be a lot more fun than just endlessly grinding.

hot potatoe, on 26 April 2011 - 03:48 AM, said:

Not "new classes" per se, they're planning to (completely?) overhaul the class system and each individual class to change their skills etc. to give them a more class-unique gameplay, or so they've hinted at multiple times.

I'm still bitter about what they pulled with Tales of Vesperia... and now they aren't even going to release ToG for Xbox360, either? Meh...